Crews investigate second fire in two months on recycling barge in Fraser River

SURREY, B.C. — Officials are keeping a close watch on air and water quality along the lower Fraser River after a fire aboard a recycling barge moored in Surrey sent dense, black smoke billowing over parts of Greater Vancouver.

Metro Vancouver did not issue air quality warnings Tuesday night but a spokesman with Surrey's fire department said the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority harbour master was checking water quality in the river.